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The Darkness Series

05 Sunday Oct 2025

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In the shadows of a fractured world, a covert government agency—the Blue Book Task Force—joins forces with The Shedu, a secretive vampire order bound by an ancient oath never to kill. Led by the enigmatic and morally unyielding Surratt, The Shedu and BBTF hunt rogue vampires who’ve surrendered to the virus’s darker instincts, threatening humanity’s fragile grip on safety.

At the heart of the series are the Utukku—vampires desperate to reclaim their humanity through experimental antivirals engineered by Dr. Megan Harper, a mortal scientist whose personal tragedy fuels her mission. Married to a vampire and haunted by her sister’s death from xeroderma pigmentosum, Megan’s research offers a sliver of hope: a cure that allows vampires to feel again, to love again. But the cost may be devastating.

Opposing them are the Ekimmu, bloodthirsty predators determined to crush the Shedu, the BBTF, and any Utukku or mortal who dares defy the darkness. As ancient loyalties fracture and forbidden love ignites, the battle for redemption becomes a war for the soul—where light and immortality collide, and every choice could mean salvation… or ruin.

Out of the Darkness, Book 1 in the Darkness Series

Release date: May 27, 2025

Her research could cure his dark hunger if a covert government agent doesn’t get to her first.

Vincent Maxwell is a vampire with a conscience seeking a cure for his dark hunger. But when a scientist looking to create vampire soldiers captures and kills a fellow vampire, Vincent seeks out Dr. Megan Harper, a research scientist who discovered a link between a genetic light sensitivity disorder and vampirism. Dr. Harper could hold a key to a cure and the answers to Gerard’s death. But getting close to the beautiful scientist could endanger both their lives.

When Megan meets Vincent she believes he suffers from xeroderma pigmentosum, the genetic disease that killed her sister. Sensing a deep loneliness within the handsome man, she offers friendship and access to her research files. But she and Vincent soon become more than friends and Megan learns the horrifying truth. She’s entered the dark and unseen world of vampires and Vincent is her only hope of survival.

Embrace the Darkness, Book 2 in the Darkness Series

Release date: October 31, 2025

An experimental vaccine gives vampire Gerard Delaroache hope for the first time in two centuries—until two people are brutally murdered, and he suspects a conspiracy between vampires and mortals. To solve the crime, he must put his trust in a beautiful detective. But is former soldier and MP turned detective, Amber Buckley, a threat to his existence? Or the answer to his prayers?

Amber Buckley and her partner are assigned to do follow up interviews in the Lifeblood of America slayings. Amber believes she and Reid are just new eyes on a cold case.  That is until she meets Gerard Delaroache. Something about him teases long-buried memories Amber would rather not chase. However, the two join together, falling into more than resolution of a murder case. It seems Amber has some dark secrets of her own.

 To find their way into the light, Amber and Gerard must first EMBRACE THE DARKNESS.

Rising Darkness Book 3 in the Darkness Series

Release date: Spring or Summer 2026

Axle Travers thought escaping his past meant starting over. Reunited with his estranged father and working security at Lifeblood of America, he never expected the biotech giant to be run by vampires—or to become one himself.

Kidnapped and transformed by a rogue military doctor, Axle survives thanks to a radical vaccine that grants him supernatural abilities without the curse. But survival comes at a price: betrayal, loss, and a life forever altered.

Now running a private investigation firm in Asheville, Axle takes on a case for Haley Conners. Reeling from a failed marriage, Haley has returned home to care for her dying mother and rebuild her life. But when a stalker the police can’t stop circles closer, she turns to Axle for help—and their rekindled connection sparks something deeper. But Haley’s stalker is no longer human, and the truth behind his transformation threatens everything.

As danger closes in, Axle faces an impossible choice: protect Haley by hiding the truth—or risk everything by revealing it.  In a world teetering on the Edge of Darkness where monsters wear human faces, the greatest danger may be the one he’s trying hardest to deny.

There’s no book cover yet for book three, but here’s an AI generated image I’m using to visualize my characters.

New Release of an Old Book

31 Saturday May 2025

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I’m writing again, after a long, unplanned hiatus. I finally finished the revisions on my updated edition of Out of the Darkness, Book One in my Darkness Series. The official release date is June 23, 2025, but the ebook is already available on Amazon.

ASIN B0FB48PMQP

If you’ve previously read Out of the Darkness, the second edition has been updated and includes a one page preview of the sequel, Embrace the Darkness. I hope to release a second edition of the second book in the series, Embrace the Darkness in September. I’ve also almost completed the third and fourth books in the series, Edge of Darkness and Shadows in Darkness along with a novella, Darkness Origins and then the final book in the series, Shadow of the Shedu.

From now until June 23, I will be giving away digital copies of Out of the Darkness to anyone who requests a copy. My only request is that you kindly leave a review on Amazon when you finish the book.

Let me know what you think.

Out of the Darkness– a paranormal vampire romance.

Her research could cure his dark hunger if a covert government agent doesn’t get to her first.

Vincent Maxwell is a vampire with a conscience seeking a cure for his dark hunger. But when a scientist looking to create vampire soldiers captures and kills a fellow vampire, Vincent seeks out Dr. Megan Harper, a research scientist who discovered a link between a genetic light sensitivity disorder and vampirism. Dr. Harper could hold a key to a cure and the answers to Gerard’s death. But getting close to the beautiful scientist could endanger both their lives.

When Megan meets Vincent she believes he suffers from xeroderma pigmentosum, the genetic disease that killed her sister. Sensing a deep loneliness within the handsome man, she offers friendship and access to her research files. But she and Vincent soon become more than friends and Megan learns the horrifying truth. She’s entered the dark and unseen world of vampires and Vincent is her only hope of survival.

Lilly Gayle Book Signing!

05 Saturday May 2018

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Lilly Gayle Book Signing!

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Come out and see me on Saturday, May 19, 2018 from 1-4 PM at Dog-Eared Books

4027 Atlantic Ave, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604.
I’ll be signing copies of my Western Hearts series: Helpless Hearts and Wilder Hearts.

Can a former gunslinger find redemption through love?

Former gunslinger Noah Sinclair returned home so he could regain his respectability. Instead of redemption, he finds temptation in Juliana Jeffries—a woman engaged to the man who offered him a job and a second chance. Despite Noah’s loyalty to his boss, Noah’s Helpless Heart still yearns for Juliana—a woman with dreams and ambitions that don’t include a former gunslinger.

Noah stole Juliana’s heart years ago, but then he left town to avenge his father’s death. Now, she dreams of becoming a doctor and she’s obliged to marry Avery, a man with a secret she’s sworn to protect. Noah’s return could test her loyalty, her ambition, and her heart.

Writing about the outlaw, Jake the Snake, could be the opportunity of a lifetime—if it doesn’t get her killed.
When Ellie Wilder takes her sister from their grandfather’s home, she’s determined to put her family back together and write of their adventures. Then she runs into Jacob Harper, a man who resembles Jake the Snake, a notorious outlaw who once rode with Billy the Kid. Is it possible the outlaw who escaped justice has mended his ways? Or is the handsome Mr. Harper now murdering servant girls in Austin? Finding out the truth could be the journalistic opportunity of a lifetime.
Former Texas Ranger Jake Harper has returned to Texas to help solve the Servant Girl Annihilator murders. But when a similar murder occurs in Harmony, Texas, Jake goes undercover as Jake the Snake to find a connection between the series of brutal murders. Then Ellie Wilder shows up. Her snooping could blow his cover and get her killed, but Ellie soon becomes a bigger threat to his heart than his investigation.

Chrys Fey~My Review of her Latest Release, Seismic Crimes~and a Giveaway

10 Friday Jun 2016

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I had the pleasure of reading a rough draft of Seismic Crimes awhile back, so when the book released last month, I couldn’t wait to get my copy. And what a pleasure it was to find my quote inside Chrys’ book.

“From the remnants of a Florida hurricane to a San Francisco earthquake Fey puts you in the middle of the action as Donovan and Beth forge the bonds of a new love while tracking a killer across the country in this nail-biting suspense.”~ Lilly Gayle

And that is what I thought of the rough draft. The finished product is so much better! Beth is more likeable than I remembered from the first draft, and Donovan is sexier than ever. Donovan is a tall, sexy monster truck driver with a sense of humor that would make any woman swoon. But Beth is no push-over. She’s a self-defense instructor who is forced to put her talents to use when she and Donovan get separated after the earthquake.

Seismic Crimes is different from most romance novels, as the hero and heroine have already confessed their love to one another…but did they confess too soon?

Will their romance be reminiscent of Annie and Jack’s from the 1994 movie, Speed?

Jack- “I have to warn you. I’ve heard relationships based on intense experiences never work.”
Annie
– “Okay. We’ll have to base it on sex, then.”
Jack
– “Whatever you say, ma’am.”

We all know how that romance turned out–or at least, those of us who watched the less worthy sequel, Speed 2, Cruise Control. Keanu Reeves, aka Jack, wasn’t in the sequel. In the second movie, Annie, Sandra Bullock, is with Alex, Jason Patrick.

So, how do Donovan and Beth fare in this sequel? Does their relationship from book one that was based on an intense experience help them in book two? Or does their new love fizzle and die?

Although this is the second book in a series, (and I haven’t yet read the first book) Fey quickly catches the reader up with our hero and heroine as they enter the police station after the hurricane featured in the first book, Hurricane Crimes, and Donovan is cleared of his brother’s murder. Yet there seems to be nothing he can do to help the police find the corrupt officer responsible for his brother’s death.

After riding out the end of the storm at the police station, Beth moves in with Donovan, as her house was destroyed in the first book. As the two begin to draw closer, Donovan becomes more obsessed with finding his brother’s killer, which puts a strain on their new and budding relationship and eventually, leads the couple to San Francisco. And that’s where the action begins as the two arrive shortly before a massive earthquake.

Fey does a good job of building suspense and putting the reader in the middle of the action, while continuing to build on the relationship between Donovan and Beth.

For those who love action, adventure, romance, and suspense, this book will be right up your alley.

I bought my copy on Amazon, but it’s also available from other online bookstores.

Digital Links:

Amazon US: http://amzn.com/B01CRJSPIU

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01CRJSPIU

Amazon CA: http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01CRJSPIU

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/seismic-crimes-chrys-fey/1123508790?ean=2940158028380

KOBO: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/seismic-crimes

Print Links:

Amazon US: http://amzn.com/1509207252

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1509207252

Amazon CA: http://www.amazon.ca/dp/1509207252

The Wild Rose Press: http://www.wildrosepublishing.com/maincatalog_v151/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=191&products_id=6793

BLURB:

An Internal Affairs Investigator was murdered and his brother, Donovan Goldwyn, was framed. Now Donovan is desperate to prove his innocence. And the one person who can do that is the woman who saved him from a deadly hurricane—Beth Kennedy. From the moment their fates intertwined, passion consumed him. He wants her in his arms. More, he wants her by his side in his darkest moments.

Beth Kennedy may not know everything about Donovan, but she can’t deny what she feels for him. It’s her love for him that pushes her to do whatever she has to do to help him get justice, including putting herself in a criminal’s crosshairs.

When a tip reveals the killer’s location, they travel to California, but then an earthquake of catastrophic proportions separates them. As aftershocks roll the land, Beth and Donovan have to endure dangerous conditions while trying to find their way back to one another. Will they reunite and find the killer, or will they lose everything?

crysAuthor Bio:

Chrys Fey is the author of Hurricane Crimes, Book One in the Disaster Crimes series, as well as these releases from The Wild Rose Press: 30 Seconds, Ghost of Death, and Witch of Death. She is an administrator for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group and has participated in the Blogging from April A to Z Challenge.

When Fey was six years old, she realized she wanted to be a writer by watching her mother pursue publication. At the age of twelve, she started writing her first novel, which flourished into a series she later rewrote at seventeen.

Fey lives in Florida and is always on the lookout for hurricanes. She has four adopted cats who keep her entertained with their antics, and three nephews who keep her entertained with their antics. You can connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and through her blog, Write with Fey. She loves to get to know her readers!

AUTHOR LINKS:

Website www.ChrysFey.com

Blog www.writewithfey.blogspot.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/chrysfey

Twitter https://twitter.com/ChrysFey

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